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CLEOPATRA REIMAGINED AND REHABILITATED, DAMMIT Crime Reads
Species Can Go Extinct. Why Should We Care? The Wire
Why Niki Segnit’s ‘The Flavour Thesaurus’ stands out among culinary books, even a decade later Scroll. A fine book, from which I’ve learned a lot.
Fermented food: why eating sauerkraut helps your gut stay healthy The Conversation
Absolutely everything you ever wanted to know about ginger FT. Fuchsia Dunlop
Spain’s ingenious water maze BBC
Is This Your Brain on Drugs? The Baffler
The Ancient Greeks also lived through a plague, and they too blamed their leaders for their suffering The Conversation. This article has inspired me to dig out my old copy of Thucydides, to dip into again on this President’s Day afternoon.
#COVID-19
Does Any Monoclonal Antibody Work Against BA.2? Medpage Today
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Nowhere is safe: Record number of patients contracted Covid in the hospital in January Politico
Pandemic predictions are tricky. Except this one: US hospitals are not ready for the new normal Stat
Baltimore public health professional exposes horrific conditions during the Omicron surge World Socialist Web sSite (Martha r)
The CDC Isn’t Publishing Large Portions of the Covid Data It Collects NYT (Jason Boxman). Hoisted from comments.
Whatever Happened to Biden’s Pandemic Testing Board? ProPublica. Seems to have gone the way of that extra $600.
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Inmates Who Died Asked for Release Before Falling Ill With Covid Kaiser Health News
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Was the hacking of Ottawa trucker convoy donors a US-Canadian intelligence operation? Garrison
Ask Prof Wolff: Finding Common Ground with Canadian Truckers YouTube (Aumua)
Capitol girding for potential ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest at State of the Union Fortune
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Coronavirus: Hong Kong confirms more than 7,500 new cases, vaccine pass to launch in days as residents urged to stay home South China Morning Post
2/10 The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently released a report looking at registered/reported deaths as of Jan 2022. The numbers don’t match crude COVID-19 reporting because this is a more complete system https://t.co/Y8K07c49XX pic.twitter.com/nxTC8cDiOX
— Health Nerd (@GidMK) February 21, 2022
The Defeat of Progressive Movements in the Global South Made US Hegemony Possible Jacobin
New Cold War
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin agree ‘in principle’ to Ukraine summit FT
Biden and Putin Agree ‘In Principle’ to Ukraine Summit Amid Fears of War Common Dreams
The Burden Of Proof Is Always On The Ones Making The Claim (Even If It’s About Russia) Caitlin Johnstone
Vladimir Putin: Diplomacy over Ukraine crisis must ‘intensify’ Al Jazeera
The Evidence for Invasion the US Could Produce Consortium News. Scott Ritter.
The crisis in #Ukraine ?? and #Putin pic.twitter.com/pq8S1l6VPP
— Vas (@filippidis) February 20, 2022
Putin ‘issues go-order’ for Russia to attack Ukrainehttps://t.co/QhXRbQpOvo
— Sandra Jones (@stut3x) February 20, 2022
Putin has ordered Russian troops to invade Ukraine, US intelligence reveals https://t.co/hMV7QghLN6 pic.twitter.com/lBvdwnGmQj
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) February 20, 2022
NEWS: The US has intelligence that Russian troops have received orders to proceed with an invasion of Ukraine. “The commanders on the ground are making specific plans for how they would maneuver in their sector of the battlefield,” CBS David Martin reports on @FacetheNation. pic.twitter.com/uKsfdWRQjV
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) February 20, 2022
Today, along with all Ukrainians, we honor the heroism of Ukraine’s Heavenly Hundred, who laid down their lives eight years ago to oppose a leader who sought to block their freely chosen path toward a more democratic, prosperous, and European future. pic.twitter.com/IM9Wr3Q3gL
— US Embassy Kyiv (@USEmbassyKyiv) February 20, 2022
Biden has girded Americans for shared sacrifice to defend Ukraine
he’s reviving the defense commitments of presidents in both parties since WW2
all presidents except one
ex-Trump WH Russia policy adviser Fiona Hill: “there’s no Team America for Trump”https://t.co/v9rUb717R9
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 20, 2022
Waste Watch
Why the ancient art of gleaning is making a comeback across England Guardian
US Department of Energy to offer $3B to boost battery production, recycling Waste Dive
Is Coca-Cola Serious About Returnable Bottles? Treehugger
We are afraid’: Erin Brockovich pollutant linked to global electric car boom Guardian
Black Lives Matter
One Dead, Five Injured From Shooting at Black Lives Matter March Portland Mercury (martha r)
Sports Desk
Winter Olympics: Closing ceremony marks ends of 2022 Beijing Games BBC
Climate Change
California’s Green-Energy Subsidies Spur a Gold Rush in Cow Manure WSJ
China?
Winston Lord, in the room with Mao and Nixon, examines US-China relations then and now South China Morning Post
China plans to feed 80 million people with ‘seawater rice’ South China Morning Post
Supply Chain
Still burning! Cargo ship carrying 3,965 Volkswagen Group cars caught fire last week, batteries may be used as combustion booster https://t.co/wUCrDZWSLl
— What China Reads (@whatchinareads) February 21, 2022
Trump Transition
The Misleading Claim That Durham’s Reference to Trump White House Records Was Misleading National Review
Trump properties in talks to host lucrative Saudi golf events WaPo
Old Blighty
Prince Andrew made secret visits to Queen Elizabeth throughout the night on a routine basis, according to a report. NY Post. Page Six.
Iran
Class Warfare
How the Left Should Think About Inflation The Nation. James Galbraith.
Apple Finds Itself Under Scrutiny in Washington’s Big Tech Clampdown WSJ
How Starbucks Workers Turned the Tables On Union Busters Truthout
Gig Companies Are Disguising Exploitation as Social Justice Jacobin
The 4-day work week: Who is trialing it and does it work? Deutsche Welle
The Statement of the Source Süddeutsche Zeitung
SUISSE SECRETS Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
What is the Suisse secrets leak and why are we publishing it? Guardian
India
South Asia Watch: From Foreign Aid to Foreign Troops, Politicking Continues Unabated The Wire
Why India’s Budget Push To Infrastructure Should Consider Climate Resilience India Spend
Digital rupee: The history of Indian currency shows that monetary revolutions are messy processes scroll
Antidote du Jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
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